Obstetrical appliance



April 27 1926.

E. F- ALLEYNE OBSTETRICAL APPLIANCE Filed June a, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet .1

April 27,1926. 1,582,653

- E. F. ALLEYNE OBSTETRICAL APPLIANCE,

Filed June 8. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WWW l atented Apr. 2'7 1326 UNIT,sra.

PATEL.

OBSTETRICAL APPLIANCE.

- Application filed June 8, 1925. Serial No. 35,667.

To (412 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST F. ALLEYNE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nashville, county of Davidson, State of Tennessee, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Obstetrical Appliances;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to obstetrical appliances, especially tosupports and exercising means and has for its main object the provisionof a device of this type capable of being conveniently carried about bya physician or obstetrician for the purpose of examining a patientgynecologically or obstetrically in the home, and make deliveries,perineorrhaphies, etc., equally as easy and with as much comfort to thepatient in the home as in a hospital or office with a de livery bed oroperating table.

A further object is the provision of an obstetrical support which willenable the -patient to lie crosswise of the bed in a position to permitthe physician to work on the patient from the side of the bed, with thepatient sufliciently near the side edge to permit the use of variousinstruments, such as a weighted speculum, which could not be used withthe patient lying lengthwise of the bed.

Another object is to provide a device capable of use in the manner abovedescribed,

while allowing the patient to exert a pulling strain with the handswithout interfering with the work of the physician.

Other objects are the attainment of simplicity of structure andincreased sturdi-ness with assurance against failure or breakageduringuse and the design and arrangement of the parts whereby the devicemay be quickly assembled and adjusted for use and when out of use, maybe collapsed or folded into small bompass for carriage by the physicianor surgeon.

lihe foregoing and other objects and ad vantages, as well as theprinciples of the invention, will more fully appear from a pe rusal ofthe following specifications and accompanying drawings of a specificembodiment thereof. It is to be understood, however, that the particularembodiment here described and shown is merely illustrative of theinvention and that other, specifically different embodiments andmodifications of the present embodiment may be made within the scope ofthe invention and as defined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of one of a pair of supporting membersclamped to the side beam or rail of a bed and adjusted for use.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing the two supporting members clamped inplace and adjusted for use.

Fig. 3 is a view of the mounting post of Fig. 1 looking from the left inFig. 1 and with the lower clamping member removed.

Fig. 4; is a top plan view of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the mounting post with clamping attachmentfor use on a round bed rail.

Fi 6 is a view of the extension bars partly folded.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view, on a small scale, showing the deviceapplied to the side of a bed.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the device as an operative whole,comprises a pair of elements or members A and B shown in side view inFig. 1 and top plan viewin Fig. 2, clamped to the side beam 1 of a bed.Fig. 1 being'a side view of the complete arrangement shown in Fig. 2,only one member A, is shown. Each brace member comprises a post 2,having in its lower portion a longitudinal central channel or socket .3,

adapted to receive the shank of a hooked '9 clamping bar 4, and a clampextension 5 extended at right angles to the p'ostto form an abutmentagainst upward thrust of the bar 4. To hold the bar at at variousvertical adjustments in the socket 3, the set screw 6 is provided whichextends through the post 2- in threaded engagement therewith intocontact with the shank of the bar within the socket 3. The hooked end ofthe bar t is shaped as shown to pass around under the lower edge of theside rail or beam of a bed, the bend of the hook being made sun.-ciently wide to take beams or side rails of different width, and a closebinding orv clamping fit being obtained by a clamp screw 7 threadedthrough the upturned end of the hook.

It will be seen that with this arrangement the post 2 is prevented fromrocking longitudinally of the side rail or beam 1 of the bed (Figs. 1and by the close fit of the side rail between the bottom of the hook onthe bar a and the abutment extension 5 on the post, and is preventedfrom sliding on the side rail or rocking transversely thereof by theclampin action of the screw T. This rigidity of support is an importantrequirement in devices of this type.

For use on beds having round side rails or beams, the clamping bar 4 isreplaced by a semi-circular clamping member connected to the lower partof the post 2 through a hinged connection to the arc-shaped extension 8,to form a circular clamp on the bottom of the post 2 as shown in Fig. 5.Fig. 5 shows the post 2 clamped to a round side beam 9 with the circularclamp arrangement which consi ts of the semi-circular member 10 pivotedto the curved extension 8 by a removable pin 11 arranged to pass throughthe apcrtured car 12 on the end of the extension 8, and arranged to beclamped up against the bottom of the bed rail by a pivoted or swingingbolt 13 pivoted to the member 10 at 1- the bolt being tightened upwardby the wing nut 15, threaded on its upper end and engaging the topsurface of the extension 5 which, as indicated in Figs. 3 and -t, isbifurcated to permit the bolt to be moved into position without removingthe wing nut 15. "he close lit and clan'iping action produced by thetightening of the bolt holds the post 2 against sliding or rockinglongitudinally of the beam 9. To further insure against sliding movementand especially against a rocking movement of the post on the beam, a setscrew 16 is threaded into the bottom of the clamp member 10 to bearagainst the beam 9 and so lock the member 10 and beam 9 together.

A folding oft-set post constituted of the members 17 and 18 isadjustably mounted in the post 2 by means of the socket 19 formed in thepost and arranged to receive the horizontal member 17 of the off-setpost 1718, a set screw 20 being provided for locking the member 17 inadjusted position. The members 17-18 of the offset post are pivoted at21 to enable the olfset post to be folded in half or up on itself asindicated in Fig. (3, the hinged joint being arranged in the form of astop hinge, to limit the opening 01 the members 1T1S to approximately aright angle as shown in Fig. l, the stoppin or limiting effect beingsecured by the engagement of the transverse projection 22 on the member18 with the lug on the member 17. it "foot rest or stirrup 2% isadjustably mounted on the upright member 18 by means of a collar 25 onwhich the stirrup is caried and which is locked in adjusted position onthe member 18 by means of a set screw 26. A hand grip or hand hold 27 ispivotally mounted on top of the post 2.

It will be seen from Figs. 1 and 2 that the members A and B constitutingthe brace as a whole may be secured to the side beam of a bed as shown,with various adjustments of the, spacing between the foot rests 24, theheight of the toot rests, and their distance away tron the side of thebed without losthe desirable features of rigidity and strength.

It clearer conception of the appearance of the device in use will be hadfrom inspcc tion of the perspective view of li ig. T. In use the patientlies cro 'wise of the bed with the feet in the stirrups 2t raised aboveand extended out over the side of the bed. Also, where necc tl try, thepatient may use ie hand holds 27 to exert a pulling strain 1 hands,using the foot rests 2% as cut to prevent movement of the withoutinterfering with the work physician.

It is iarticularly to be noted that with patient disposed as justmentioned pln :ian or surgeon has an unacccss and very close approach tothe patient. impossible of attainment hen the patient is disposedlengthwise of *ne bed, that access and approach presenting importantadvantages hereinbet'ore referred to and particularly enabling the useoi nn trunrents l'or minute examination,

such, "for example, as the weighted speculum, fble or use with thepatient disposed lengthw :e of the bed as is ordinarily the case withbed-attachments for gynecological or obstetrical use.

\Yhat I claim is:

An obstetrical support comprising an upright post. clan'iping means onthe bottom of the post for clamping the same to the side team of a bed,a lizard-hold connected to the top oi the post and arranged to be foldeddown against the post. an oil-set post comprising a horizontal memhe'and a vertical member connctcd through a stop h nge arranged to permitthe members to be folded in overla 'iping relation when not in use butlimiting the degree of unfolding to approximatet a ight angle. means foradjustahly securH-ig i lie horimntzf nu-mher to the iii-st mentionedpost at dill'ercnt points alou" the horizontal member and a toot ih nans i'or a' iustably securing the no 1-.t d'. ent points along thevertical member. I testimony whereo'i' l lua'eunto allix my trie i'iFOSTER ALLE 'NE, M. l).

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